Terracotta pyxis (box)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the lid, seated couple and Eros Although the two works were acquired separately, the figured tondi were made from the same mold. The colors that are preserved quite well here indicate the original, brightly polychrome appearance of vases that were made for the tomb. The pyxis 06.1021.253a, b comes from the same pair of burials as the loutrophoroi 06.1021.245 and 06.1021.249; the funnel-jar 06.1021.248a, b; and the two-handled vase 06.1021.246a, b.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than thirty thousand works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312. It includes the art of many cultures and is among the most comprehensive in North America. The geographic regions represented are Greece and Italy, but not as delimited by modern political frontiers: Greek colonies were established around the Mediterranean basin and on the shores of the Black Sea, and Cyprus became increasingly Hellenized. For Roman art, the geographical limits coincide with the expansion of the Roman Empire. The department also exhibits the art of prehistoric Greece (Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan) and pre-Roman art of Italic peoples, notably the Etruscans.

Metropolitan Museum of Art